I trust the URL in your Subject line is a mistake...
If not, you should be using: http://localhost/test.php

A couple of issues could be that your web server isn't rendering the PHP...
It also may be sending the wrong MIME type back to the browser...

Cheers for getting back to me..

Yes the title I typed was wrong - my apols.

As far as I know, apache should be rendering the php ok - ive ensured its been configured with the below
LoadModule php4_module php/sapi/php4apache2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

...following set up from here..http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/install-apache-php-mysql.php

I am very new to this as Im sure you tell! so re:MIME etc Im not totally sure what you mean - but the browser should recognise the file type ok

What does your test.php file look like?
judging by the tutorial, is it just phpinfo()?
[shouldn't be a problem]

If you choose "save" when you get prompted, do you basically save your PHP Source code? Not a rendered page?

When I go to http://localhost/test.php, it prompts me to either open or save.

When I open and when I save, it saves the file as a dreamweaver file. When I open this up, it just has what I typed in notepad (<?php phpinfo();?>) in code view.

Bizarrely, I tried the same tutorial on my home computer with XP and the same thing has happened! Even when I changed tutorials, the same open/save option box happened.

Apache is installed fine as http://localhost comes up sweet each time.

I'm completely lost! For some reason it isn't recognising php files and I'm in danger of eating my own arm off in frustration. I don't want to download a package so any ideas why it's not working would be greatly appreciated!